ARB Calendar

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 8/12/2022 to 13/12/2022 in Rio de Janeiro, by the Brasilian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the Copacabana Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Pingas, Blas Mariano (ARG), FIDE Lecturer  and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Mafra, Kaiser Luiz (BRA).

The language of the Seminar will be Portuguese.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

Day One – 08/12/2022 – 09 – 13 hs.
– 09-13 hs. – Laws of Chess (Including Rapid and Blitz).

Day Two – 09/12/2022 – 09 – 13 hs.
 – 09-11 hs – FIDE Competition Rules and Standars of Chess Equipment.
 – 11-12 hs. – Systems of Games – Tye Breaks.
 – 12-13 hs. – Use of the electronics clocks.

Day Three – 11/12/2022 – 09 – 13 hs.
– 09-11 hs. – Regulations for the rating and the over-the-board titles.
– 11-13 hs. – Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters.

Day Four – 12/12/2022 – 09 – 13 hs.
– 09-12 hs. – Swiss System and Pairing Rules.
– 12-13 hs. – Anti-Cheating guidelines for Arbiters.

Day Five – 13/12/2022 – 09 – 13 hs.
– 09-10 hs. – English
-10-14 hs. – Final Exam –à

The 126th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 9/12/2022 to 11/12/2022 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), FIDE Lecturer and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Alnuaimi, Ahmed M. (UAE).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 9/12/2022 to 11/12/2022 in Dublin, by the Irish Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the Colaiste Eanna, Ballyboden, Co. Dublin, Ireland,

The Lecturer will be IA/IO McFarlane, Alex H (SCO), FIDE Lecturer .

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

Friday 7-10 pm, Saturday 9 am – 5 pm, Sunday 9 am – 5 pm

1. a) Laws of Chess (5hrs)
2. b) Use of electronic clocks (1hr)
3. c) System of games, tie breaks (1.5hr)
4. d) Swiss system and pairing rules (2hr)
5. e) Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters (1hr)
6. f) Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (0.5 hr
7. g) FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment (1hr)
8. h) Rating and over‐the‐board titles (2hr)
9. i) Q & A Session

+ Exam (4 hrs)

The 124th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 16/12/2022 to 18/12/2022 by the Confederation of Chess for America and Puerto Rico Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Lopez-Chavez Marino, Barbara (CUB), FIDE Lecturer and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Vega Adorno, Cristobal (PUR). Technical Organiser will be WFM Yaleika Chung Hurtado.

The language of the Seminar will be Spanish.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 22/12/2022 to 25/12/2022 in Almaty, by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be Almaty, Address: 597/5, Seifullin Avenue, Almaty, 050067 Kazakhstan

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Bauyrzhan, Kaussar (KAZ)

The language of the Seminar will be Russian.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

Arrival day – December 21

Day 1 – December 22
09.00 – 12.00 Laws of Chess
12.00 – 13.00 noon Systems of Games, Tiebreaks
13.00 – 14.30 Laws of Chess

Day 2 – December 23
09.00 – 12.00 Laws of Chess
12.00 – 13.00 Rating and Over the Board Titles – 1
13.00 – 14.00 Rating and Over the Board Titles – 2
14.30 – 14.30 Online Regulations

Day 3 – December 24

09.00 – 10.00 Basic English chess vocabulary
10.00 – 11.00 Swiss system and pairing rules
11.00 – 12.00 Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters
12.00 – 13.00 Anti-cheating guidelines for Arbiters
13.00 – 13.30 Use of Electronic Clocks
13.30 – 14.00 FIDE Competition rules and Standards of Chess Equipment
14.00 – 14.30 Laws of Chess

Day 4 – December 25

09.00 – 10.30 Laws of Chess
10.30 – 14.30 Examination

Total time: 22 hours (excluding examination)

The 127th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 6/01/2023 to 11/01/2023 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abdulrahim, Mahdi (UAE), FIDE Lecturer.

The language of the Seminar will be Arabic.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 13/02/2022 to 15/02/2022 in Omrane Superieur, by the Tunisian Chess Federation & Sporting Arina – Chess Club Omrane Superieur, under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the Omrane Superieur, Tunisia.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Messaoudi, Bechir (TUN), FIDE Lecturer and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Cherif, Mondher (TUN).

The language of the Seminar will be French with translation into Arabic.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

MONDAY, 13 February
15:00-19:00 LAWS OF CHESS
19:00-20:00 USE OF ELECTRONIC CLOCKS
20:00-21:00 FAIR PLAY REGULATIONS & ANTI‐CHEATING GUIDELINES FOR ARBITERS

TUESDAY, 14 February
08:00-11:00 SYSTEMS OF PLAY AND TIE-BREAK REGULATIONS
11:00-14:00 SWISS SYSTEMS AND PAIRING RULES
16:00-19:00 COMPETITIONS RULES AND STANDARDS OF CHESS EQUIPMENTS
19:00-21:00 RATING AND OVER THE BOARD TITLES

WEDNESDAY, 15 February
08:00-11:00 REVIEW, QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
16:00-20:00 EXAMINATION TEST

The 129th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/03/2023 to 12/03/2023 by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, Balkan Chess Federation &Albanian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer, Assistant of Lecturer will be IA Prevenios, Mihail (GRE), and Local Assistant of Lecturer will be IA Lopang, Tshepiso (BOT).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

The Seminar is organized by WOM, Balkan Chess Federation and Albanian Chess Federation.

Only women National Arbiters have the right to participate!

Each federation from Balkan Federation has the right to nominate one participant. Albanian Chess Federation as co-organizer has the right to nominate 2 participants. Each continent has the right to nominate 2 participants. (Africa, Asia, America, Europe).  Participation by nomination of the federation only! Participants should be National Arbiters, 18+.  In case of free spaces organizers will accept individual participations. No fee for participants.

To register federations should send application to: yilmazkartal@gmail.com

The 130th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 17/03/2023 to 19/03/2023 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), FIDE Lecturer.

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

The 128th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 18/03/2023 to 29/03/2023 by the Portuguese Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Dias, Carlos Oliveira (POR), FIDE Lecturer and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Rocha, Paulo (POR).

The language of the Seminar will be Portuguese.